Claude McKay's Early Poetry (1911-1922): A Digital CollectionMain MenuIntroduction: About this SiteAmardeep Singh, Lehigh UniversityConstab Ballads (1912) -- Digital EditionClaude McKay's "Constab Ballads"Songs of Jamaica (1912): Digital EditionBook of poetry by Claude McKay. Preface by Walter Jekyll.Early Uncollected Poetry (1911-1922)Uncollected Poems by Claude McKay published in Jamaican, British, and American magazinesWorkers Dreadnought PoetrySpring in New Hampshire (1920): Digital EditionHarlem Shadows (1922): Digital EditionHarlem Shadows Digital EditionSelected Poems of Claude McKay (1953)Approximating the Table of Contents of "Selected Poems of Claude McKay"Criticism and Contextual EssaysWorks CitedWorks Cited for "Claude McKay's Early Poetry (1912-1922)"TEI/XML Editions (in progress/coming soon)Links to TEI versions of these textsAmardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12016-11-11T13:35:01-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Joy in the Woods6Workers Dreadnought, April 10, 1920plain2017-06-23T12:33:28-04:001920Labor, Class, Slavery, Nature, Summer, SeasonAmardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12016-11-11T18:01:03-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1To Winter6Harlem Shadows (1922), Cambridge Magazine (Summer 1920), Spring in New Hampshire (1921)plain2020-01-14T16:05:36-05:001922Animals, Jamaica, Loss, Memory, Home, Nature, Seasons, WinterAmardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12016-11-11T18:03:18-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Spring in New Hampshire5Harlem Shadows (1922), Spring in New Hampshire (1921), Cambridge Magazine (1920)plain2017-08-07T15:16:03-04:001921Class, Landscape, Nature, Pastoral, Seasons, SpringAmardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12016-11-11T14:57:37-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1The Tropics in New York4Harlem Shadows (1922), Cambridge Magazine (Summer 1920), Spring in New Hampshire (1921), "The New Negro" (1925)plain2018-11-20T09:44:01-05:00Culture, Displacement, Grief, Heritage, Identity, Jamaica, Landscape, Longing, Memory, Nature, Nostalgia, Pastoral, Sadness, TimeAmardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12016-11-11T15:03:31-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Flame-Heart4Harlem Shadows (1922), Spring in New Hampshire (1921)plain2017-08-07T13:08:20-04:001921, 1922Forgetting, Home, Jamaica, Longing, Memory, Past, SchoolAmardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12016-11-11T17:52:04-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Morning Joy4Harlem Shadows (1922), Cambridge Magazine (Summer 1920), Spring in New Hampshire (1921)plain2016-11-14T22:43:46-05:00Birds, Gender, Nature, SoulAmardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12016-11-11T17:50:11-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1I Shall Return4Harlem Shadows (1922), Cambridge Magazine (Summer 1920), Spring in New Hampshire (1921)plain2020-01-14T15:52:50-05:00Memory, Nature, Home, Longing, JamaicaAmardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12016-11-11T17:59:28-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Winter in the Country4Harlem Shadows (1922), Cambridge Magazine (Summer 1920), Spring in New Hampshire (1921)plain2016-11-14T22:13:13-05:001922City, Nature, Longing, SeasonsAmardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12016-11-11T18:20:26-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1The Castaways4Harlem Shadows (1922), Cambridge Magazine (Summer 1920), Spring in New Hampshire (1921)plain2020-01-14T15:56:22-05:001922Class, Nature, Suffering, CityAmardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12016-11-12T20:16:25-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1A Memory of June4Harlem Shadows (1922), Cambridge Magazine (Summer 1920), Spring in New Hampshire (1921)plain2017-08-07T16:36:30-04:001922Birds, Body, Color, Love, Memory, Music, Nature, Race, Same Sex Desire, Seasonal, Sex, Sexuality, Soul, TransformationAmardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12016-11-12T02:36:16-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1To O.E.A.4Harlem Shadows (1922), Cambridge Magazine (Summer 1920), Spring in New Hampshire (1921)plain2018-04-25T10:19:05-04:001922Animals, Love, Music, Nature, Passion, Same-Sex Desire, Homoeroticism, Queer Subtext, Romantic, Sexuality, Spirituality, WaterAmardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12016-11-11T18:21:50-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Exhortation: Summer 19193Harlem Shadows (1922), Spring in New Hampshire (1921)plain2016-11-14T22:31:32-05:001922, 1921Africa, Age, Birth, Body, Dawn, Death, Diaspora, Exile, Gender, Nature, Motherland, Night, Political Consciousness, Race, Seasons, StruggleAmardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12016-11-11T15:26:54-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1North and South3Harlem Shadows (1922), Cambridge Magazine (Summer 1920), Spring in New Hampshire (1921)plain2016-11-14T22:11:33-05:00Dreams, Memory, Nature, PastoralAmardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12016-11-11T16:02:55-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1The Spanish Needle3Harlem Shadows (1922), Cambridge Magazine (Summer 1920), Spring in New Hampshire (1921)plain2016-11-14T22:33:14-05:001920, 1921, 1922Forgetting, Longing, Memory, NatureAmardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12017-06-13T11:32:57-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Sukee River (1912 version)2Poem by Claude McKay. From "Constab Ballads" (1912)plain2017-06-19T15:08:32-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12017-07-10T16:49:56-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1De Hailstorm2Poem by Claude McKay. Published in Daily Gleaner November 11 1911plain2017-07-10T16:52:35-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12016-11-12T22:41:38-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Battle2Workers Dreadnought. October 9, 1920plain2016-11-14T14:16:39-05:001920Revolution, Death, Body, NatureAmardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12016-11-11T15:15:08-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1The Barrier2Harlem Shadows (1922), Cambridge Magazine (Summer 1920), Spring in New Hampshire (1921)plain2016-11-14T22:15:31-05:00Nature, Longing, Love, Same Sex Desire, RaceAmardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12017-09-13T20:52:28-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Moon Song2Originally Published in "Milwaukee Arts Monthly" (October 1922)plain2017-09-14T16:36:07-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12016-11-12T01:56:03-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1When Dawn Comes to the City2Harlem Shadows (1922), Cambridge Magazine (Summer 1920), Spring in New Hampshire (1921)plain2016-11-14T22:16:21-05:001922Animals, Displacement, Home, Jamaica, Heritage, Identity, Landscape, Longing, Migration, Modernization, Nature, New York, Pastoral, Race, City,Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12016-11-12T23:12:39-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Labor's Day2The Messenger, September 1919plain2016-11-14T14:24:15-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12017-07-18T14:01:19-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Ribber Come-Do'n1Poem by Claude McKay. From "Songs of Jamaica" (1912)plain2017-07-18T14:01:19-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12016-11-11T14:48:38-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1To One Coming North1Harlem Shadowsplain2016-11-11T14:48:38-05:00Animals, Displacement, Home, Jamaica, Landscape, Longing, Memory, Migration, Nature, Pastoral, Seasonal, Time, Water, WinterAmardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12017-06-13T11:25:52-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1To W.G.G.1Poem by Claude McKay. From "Constab Ballads" (1912)plain2017-06-13T11:25:52-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1
12017-07-10T17:08:58-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1The Daily Gleaner1Poem by Claude McKay. Published in Daily Gleaner December 16, 1911plain2017-07-10T17:08:58-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1